TABLE 2.

Variable nucleotide positions in the aligned 16S rRNA gene sequences of “Rickettsiella kingi,” “R. sculptus,” and “R. angustus” detected within three species of Ixodes in western Canada

Species	Nucleotide positiona
	1	3	35	52	64	68	82	84	87	116	124	165	223	240	281	320	322	328	330	331	332	335	337	350	405	452	509	512	696	706	715	719	725	726	871	875	876	877	878	888	889	894	908	909	985	997	1007	1009	1051	1056	1060	1115	1177	1135	1156
“R. kingi”	A	C	G	T	A	C	C	A	T	G	G	G	G	A	C	A	T	A	T	G	A	A	T	A	G	T	A	A	A	A	T	G	-	C	G	G	A	A	A	C	T	G	T	G	T	G	A	A	A	G	C	A	G	T	A
“R. sculptus”	.	T	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	C	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	G	.	.	A	C	G	.	.	C	.	A	-	.	A	.	.	G	.	.	.	A	.	.	.	A	.	.	.	A	.	G	.	.	.
“R. angustus”	C	T	A	C	-	A	A	G	G	T	A	A	A	C	A	G	C	T	C	T	G	G	C	G	A	C	.	C	G	T	C	.	A	A	.	T	G	.	G	T	C	T	C	A	C	.	T	T	G	.	T	G	A	C	T

^aA dot indicates the same nucleotide as in the sequence of the “R. kingi,” and a hyphen indicates a nucleotide deletion.